Do you hear a ringing, roaring, clicking or hissing sound in your ears? Do you hear this sound often or all the time? Does the sound bother you? If you answer is yes, you might have tinnitus. Millions of people in the U.S. have tinnitus.

Minute amounts of copper from brake linings and mining operations can affect salmon to where they are easily eaten by predators, says a Washington State University researcher. Jenifer McIntyre found the metal affects salmon's sense of smell so much that they won't detect a compound that ordinarily alerts them to be still and wary.

VANCOUVER -- The number of residential property sales has hit a 10-year low in Metro Vancouver leading the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver to call it a buyer's market. The announcement is significant since the board has in recent months been calling the market "balanced."

B.C.'s Labour Relations Board has ruled the teachers' union has not "authorized an unlawful strike" by directing its members to withdraw from extra-curricular activities involving sports teams, field trips or graduation ceremonies.

The Central Okanagan school district has reached new, unprecedented heights in terms of graduation rates. It is anticipated 89 per cent of students will graduate from School District 23 this year, the highest rate ever in the district and a far cry from a stagnant graduation rate of 74 to 75 per cent throughout the early part of the century.

There was a lively exchange in the British Columbia legislature Monday as the New Democrats hammered the governing Liberals over the cost of power purchases by BC Hydro amid some of the lowest trading market prices for power, ever.

The head office is just one among 800-odd mining companies clustered in downtown Vancouver. But even in a group so large it serves as the backbone of the city's business district - and the world's centre of mining expertise - Teck Resources stands out.

The proposed takeover of Viterra Inc. , Canada's largest grain handling company, has run into some opposition from the Saskatchewan government, which is concerned the deal could lessen competition in one key area. Provincial Agriculture Minister Bob Bjornerud said farmers have been voicing their worries for weeks that the takeover will decrease competition in the sale of agricultural products such as fertilizer, seeds and farm equipment.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Something stunning was about to happen as the two colts bounded into the deep stretch, the one in front hitting the ground with a wobble, the one giving chase gathering strength with every stride.

Investors, with or without experience, make mental mistakes all the time. And to make matters worse, we ourselves often consciously or unconsciously shrink away from the important task of analyzing those mistakes.